ISIS wrecked 80 percent of public infrastructure and 70 percent of civilian homes in Sinjar City and surrounding areas.

A Yazidi woman who survived rape and enslavement by Islamic State and was rescued from Gaza last October in a U.S.-led operation arrived in Germany on Tuesday, February 18. Fawzia Amin Saydo, 21, was ...

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A newly excavated mass grave in Sinjar (Shangal) revealed the remains of 15 to 20 individuals, according to an official statement. The site adds to the growing list of mass ...

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Ten years after the genocide perpetrated against the Yazidis by the Islamic State group in Iraq's Sinjar region, tens of thousands of displaced survivors are returning home. But their homecoming ...

Scenes from the now destroyed city of Sinjar, in Iraq. (Photo by Giles Clarke/Getty Images) Credit: Giles Clarke/Getty Images Ten years have passed since the I-S-group attacked Sinjar in northern ...

In August 2024, the world marked a decade since the attack on Sinjar, Iraq, and the genocide against its indigenous population. On August 3, 2014, Daesh (also known as ISIS, ISIL, or IS ...

A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges, in the country's first ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

In 2014, he was forced to flee his home in the town of Sinjar, in the northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan. His family was among thousands of Yazidis who were forced to flee the Islamic State ...